Improved reflector for lamps and gas-burners



l. GEDING.

Refector for. Lamps and Gas Burners.

No.` 51,344v Patented Dec. 5, 1865.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN OEDING, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVED REFLECTOR FOR LAMPS AND GAS-BURNERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 51,3411, dated December 5, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN OEDING, of the city of Saa Francisco, in the county ot' San Francisco :md State of California,haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Reflectors for Gas and Lamp Burners to which a glass chimneyis used and known as Oedings Beilector 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a lamp with the reflector attached, in which letter A representsan ordinary coal-oil lamp; letter B, the reflector in its position as when in operation; letters C, two supports for the purpose of keeping the reflector, letter B, in its position 5 letter D, su pport-holder on the end of the reflector, letter B, there being one support-holder on each side, and through which the supports, letters C, slide 5 letter E, support-holder on the lamp, letter A, just below the place where the burner is screwed onto the lamp, letterA, there being one support-holder on each side, through which the supports, letters C, slide.

Figure 2 is a view of the lower 0r reverse side of the reflector, letter B, in which letter B represents the retlector, which is made of ordinary looking-glass with a metallic fra-me; letters D, the two support-holders, one on each end of the rellector, letter B.

Figure 3 is an end or side view of the reflector, letter B, one ofthe supports, letter C, and one of the support-holders, letter D, on the reV llector, letter B.

To any gas or lamp burner on which a glass chimney is used on the gas-fixture or lamp just below the burner, so as not to interfere with the screwing 011 or ol'the burner, two supportholders, letter E, are Xed, as seen inFig. 1. Two supports, letters C, are made of stout iron or other metallic wire, and shaped as seen in Figs. 1 and 3. They are so shaped as to allow the burner to be screwed on or ott, or of taking the chimney oft' or putting it on without removing them, so that when the reflector, letter B, is in its place the lamp can be lled, the burner can be taken olii", or the chimney removed without making it necessary to take oli" the reflector, letter B, or the supports, letters C.

The reflector, letterB,as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, is made of ordinary looking-glass, with a metallic frame of such size as is necessary and sufficient to correspond with the size of the burner upon which it is used. On each end of the rellector, letter B, a support-holder, letter D, is fixed.

In using the reflector, letter B,the supports, letters C, are placed in the support-holders, letters E, that are tiXed to the gas-fixture or lamp. The reflector, letter B, is then placed im position by sliding the supports, letters C, through the support-holders, letters D, that are fixed on the ends of the reflector, letter B. The top of the retlector, letter B, will touch the glass ofthe chimney, and will be held in such aposition that with one-half the usual strength ot' light used the lightditlused will be more brilliant, useful, and general, and will thereby save at least one-half ofthe quantity ot' gas, oil, or other burning-huid used, at the same time so mellowing the light that it will relieve instead of being painful to the eyes when reading, writing, sewing, or engaged in any other mechanical laborin which the eyes are taxed. Thelight required when this reflector is used, being so small, generates but little heat, and that being gradual, there is no danger of the glass in the reflector breaking. In case a globeis used on the burner it can be removed and the reflector put on.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination ot' all these parts, arranged in the manner herein substantially set forth, and for the purpose described.

JOHN OEDING.

Witnesses:

J AMES M. RAPHALL, IsAAo T. MILLIKEN. 

